# Doper who have given birth - when did the pregnancy start to feel real? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-who-have-given-birth-when-did-the-pregnancy-start-to-feel-real/679151 "2014-01-18T17:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-who-have-given-birth-when-did-the-pregnancy-start-to-feel-real/679151/61 "2014-07-01T00:26:46Z")
Just in case anyone is reading this years later - the answer turned out to be “As soon as she was born and in my arms”. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-who-have-given-birth-when-did-the-pregnancy-start-to-feel-real/679151/62 "2014-07-01T01:08:54Z")
Congratulations to you and your husband. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-who-have-given-birth-when-did-the-pregnancy-start-to-feel-real/679151/63 "2014-07-01T01:35:26Z")
Oh what a happy story! How are the grandparents holding up, since you said it would be a first for both sides?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-who-have-given-birth-when-did-the-pregnancy-start-to-feel-real/679151/64 "2014-07-01T14:57:44Z")
> [@Septima](#): > > Just in case anyone is reading this years later - the answer turned out to be “As soon as she was born and in my arms”. Yay, **Septima** , congrats! And a big welcome to the little lady. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-who-have-given-birth-when-did-the-pregnancy-start-to-feel-real/679151/65 "2014-07-07T19:10:34Z")
I know the blessed event has already occurred (grats!), but I thought I’d put in my $0.02 anyway. The pregnancy felt real right away, since I was getting “morning” (all day) sickness before I even missed a period. However, once he was born it took quite a while before it felt real for me to be a mom, and for him to be my son. He didn’t sleep well, and as a consequence I didn’t either, so it really wasn’t until he was about 9 months old and sleeping longer than 2 hours at a stretch that I got rested up and started to feel like a human again. That’s when everything kind of clicked into place for me. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-who-have-given-birth-when-did-the-pregnancy-start-to-feel-real/679151/66 "2014-07-07T20:08:50Z")
> [@Septima](#): > > Just in case anyone is reading this years later - the answer turned out to be “As soon as she was born and in my arms”. I just had a funny mental video of someone putting the baby in your arms and you looking up saying “Holy Crap, I’m pregnant!” but, Congratulations!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-who-have-given-birth-when-did-the-pregnancy-start-to-feel-real/679151.md?page=3)